ICANN set to allow non-Latin characters in domain names, half th...

In the name of cultural and linguistic diversity, our loyal comrades over at the ICANN are about to approve availability of domain names in non-Latin alphabets.

That's right, Chinese and Japanese folks will finally be able to address their websites in their native tongue, as will fans of Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek or Hindi scripts.

Basically, linguists of every type are finally invited to the interwebs party, a move described by ICANN chairman Peter Thrush as "the...